Corruption in Iceland is on par with Australia, according to the latest report from Transparency International, a global NGO which fights corruption. The report ranks Iceland as the 13th least corrupt country in the world. The UK comes in at 8th place and the US at 16. Iceland gets a score of 77 out of 100. Iceland has slipped in the ranking since 2013, when Iceland received 82 points out of 100.
The least corrupt countries are New Zealand, in first place and Denmark in second place. All the Nordic countries, except Iceland, are among the 10 least corrupt countries in the world.
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The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and businesspeople. The index uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean. More than two-thirds of countries score below 50, with an average score of 43. The most corrupt country in the world, according to the index, is Somalia. Somalia receives a score of just 9 out of 100.
Corruption in Iceland is on par with Australia, according to the latest report from Transparency International, a global NGO which fights corruption. The report ranks Iceland as the 13th least corrupt country in the world. The UK comes in at 8th place and the US at 16. Iceland gets a score of 77 out of 100. Iceland has slipped in the ranking since 2013, when Iceland received 82 points out of 100.
The least corrupt countries are New Zealand, in first place and Denmark in second place. All the Nordic countries, except Iceland, are among the 10 least corrupt countries in the world.
Read more: Icelandic society most tolerant and inclusive worldwide, world's third highest quality of life
The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and businesspeople. The index uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean. More than two-thirds of countries score below 50, with an average score of 43. The most corrupt country in the world, according to the index, is Somalia. Somalia receives a score of just 9 out of 100.
